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Patented June 26, p 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT oi-rica y HARRISON E. WALTER, OE OHIOAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY NESNE `ASSIeNIIENTs,

,To CONTAINER CORPORATION OE AMERICA, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A OORPORA- TIQN 0F DELAWARE.

WRAPPER.

Application led July 26, 1926. ASerial No. 125,000.

This invention relates to a novel and improved package made of fibre or paper board and consists of the vmatters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a package made of fibre or paper board for packing and shipping doors, sahes, frames and like articles of wood made of varied dimensions and heretofore generally necessarily crated or packed in wooden crates or frames made and put together at the time of packing.

In the modern development of the use of libre board for shipping-cases, boxes and the like, there hasbeen an attempt to obtain the advantages in packing doors and the like in saving of' cost of material' and Saving of weight to reduce the cost of shippingby the use .of fibre board for such packing; but owing to the great variety of sizes required for such packing, the use of fibre board for such purposes has not made much headway.

In a companion application executed of even date herewith, I have described a method of Wrapping and packing articles of the kind to produce a paper or fibre board package to contain the same, with a minimum number of different sizes of blanks to accommodate the\neces`sary great variety in the dimensions of Qthe said` articles. The present application relates to the package produced by the process or method claimed therein or by any other method.

The advantages of the invention will appear more fully as I proceed with my specifcation.

In thedrawings: 1.

Figure 1 is a ers'pective view showing the improved pac 'age as it appearswhen closed and sealed. y

Figure 2 is a erspective View showing the body-Of the package without its end-closures or caps.

Figure 3 1s a perspective view ofA one end closure or caphas been applied to the body of the package but before th-parts of saidv cap which provide the end wall of the package have been folded into place.

Figure 4'is a view representinga transverse cross section through the package.

. Referrin now 4to that embodiment of the invention ustrated in the drawings':-The

`familiar manner. applied in Succession to close theends of the package consists of a body made up of two main blanks 13, 13 and-Of two end-'closures or caps formed by blanks 14; 14, one at each end of the package. The main body blanks 13, 13 may be sent' to the shipper flat and without creases.' The end or cap blanks 14,l 14 are each provided with a single -score mark 14c located midway of its narrowest dimension and extending the length of its other dimension.

Each main blank 13, 13 is creased byl parallel spaced crease lines, .16, 18'running thc length of the blank and providing adjacent to them panels 17, 19 and 20 respectively. The panel A17 determines the Width of the packa e' and the panel 19 determines the depthoI the package. The panel 20 represents that part of the blank in excess of the combined width and'depth of the package and is a part which is adapted to be overlapped by the panel 17 of the other main blank 13. (See Figure 4.)

The blank for the cap or end-closure of the package is a strip 14 adapted to bev Wrapped transversely about the end margin of the package and 'to be overlapped upon itself as shown in Figure 3. It is comparatively narrow and is applied with a part 14 of its narrow dimension on one side of the score mark 14* overlapping the ends of the main blanks 13. The part 14" on the other side of the score mark 14* is adapted to project beyond the ends of the artic es, as doors or the like, contained in the package. The part 14" of the blank 14 is slit along the lines 15 beyond the score mark 14".

In applying the package to enclose the articles to be packed, as for 'example the doors, the main body blanks 13are ap lied to the assembly of doors with the pane s 20 of eachl blank overlapped b the panel 17 of the other blank. The pac age preferably includes a metalstrap or binder 21 applied intermediate the ends of the package with the ends of the stra .sealed together inany he blanks 14 are then package asshown in Figure 3. A binder 22 is referably applied` about the blank 14 and t e ends of the binder are sealed to gether in any convenient manner to bind the cap on the package. The Severed parts 14" of the end blank are folded down into overlapped relation to form the end wall of the fold cee ing the package and are sealed in that relation in any convenient manner. Preferably they are nailed or tacked to the ends ofthe articles contained in the package where such' ing doors of several different widths and' lengths Without varying the dimensionsof the blank. For example the main body blanks of a length to fully cover or extend the full length of a door of one dimension may be used for doors which are longer, such longer doors not being quite covered at the ends by the main blanks. By varying the number of doors in the package the Width of the panel 20 .will be manifestly varied as the width of the panel 19 increases with the depth of the package. The flexibility of the ,package for packing different numbers o articles and articles of varied dimensions will be apparent to those familiar with the art.

I claim as my invention 1. A wrapper made of fibre or paper boa-rd for enclosing large flat articles, as doors and the` like, comprising two main blanks, each of a length approximating'the len h of the article and of. a width excombined Width of the article andthe depth of the package to be made, each blank being creased to provide panels,

one of the width of the article, one of the4 depth of the package, and a third to close on amargin of the package, said blanks being wrapped about the articles in overlapped relation, and caps closing the ends of said package, each cap comprising a strip folded transversely about the end of the package with part in overlap ing relation with the ends of the main blan s, said strip having parts severed along its fold lines and adapted to be folded into overlapping relation to closel the end of the package.

2. A Wrapper made of fibre or paper board for enclosing large Hat articles, as doors and the like, comprising two main blanks, each of a length approximating the length of the article and of a width exceeding the combined width of the article andw the depth of the package to be made, each blank being creased to provide panels, one of the Width of the article, one of the depth ot' the package and a third to close on a margin of the package, said blanks beingl wrapped about .the l articles in overlapped relation, a binder for holding said blan s in said relation on the package, caps closing the ends of said package, each cap comprising a strip folded transversel about the end of the package with part 1n overlapping relation with the ends of the main blanks, and binders, one for each cap, for holding said strip in said relation, saidstrip having parts severed 1along its fold lines and adapted to be folded into overlappingrelation to close the end 0f the packa e.

In testimony that claim the foregoing as my invention, I ax my signature this 17 day of July, A. D. 1926.

HARRISON B. WALTER. 

